Cuspidor



(No Model.)

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Patented June 7,1881.

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N4 PETERS. Phcm-Liiho UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH WELF, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.n

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,494, dated June '7, 1881.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

13e it known that I, JOSEPH WELF, of Cleveland, in the county of' Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to an improved inode of constructing sheet-metal cuspidors.

Said improvement consists in a peculiar inanner of' connecting the upper part or mouth of the article to the lower part or bowl, so that the two sections can be easily and readily taken apart for discharging the contents thereof'.

A further improvement consists in providing the cuspidor with a cast-metal base, to which the bowl ofthe article is secured by being spun thereon and to which casters are attached, substantially as hereinafter described, and illustrated by the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents an external side view of' the cuspidor. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section. Fig. 3 isa side View of the metal base of the cuspidor detached from the vessel. Fig. et is a plan view of the same.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The cuspidor above alluded to consists of two detachable sections, A and B, and a castmetal base, C, to which said section B is secured in a permanent manner, as hereinafter described. Section Ais the mouth of the vessel, and B the bowl thereof, both of' which are made of sheet metal spun or stamped into shape. The two parts are connected toveach other at the throatB byhavinga screw-thread, a, formed on the collar or neck E of the bowl, and acorrespondin g thread formed on the eol- Iar or neek F of' the mouth A. The two collars, thus provided with screwthreads, are united to each other by screwingr the collar of the mouth A into the collar of the bowl B, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby making a firm and substantial connection ot' the two parts to each other, which can be easily and readily unscrewed for emptying the bowl and as readily united again for use.

It will be observed in Fig. 2 that the flaring sides of the upper section or mouth A ot' the cuspidor is in close contact with the edge of the collar ofthe bowl bythe one beingscrewed hard upon theI edge of the other. Said edge forms an annular shoulder for supporting the mouth screwed into it; hence there is no looseness at thejoint to canse leakage and rattling.

G, the bottom of the bowl, is of sheet metal, fitted closely to the inside thereof and above the edge, leaving a flange projecting below it, as seen at bin Fig. 2. Said bottom may be secured in place by soldering or otherwise.

The base O, above alluded to, consists of a east-metal ring transversely curving to form a molding for the base of the vessel, as seen at b. From the upper inner edge of the ring project radial ears c,Fig. 4. On the under side ofeach of the ears is formed a boss, d, Fig. 2, perforated with a hole for the admission ot' the shanks of the casters H, loosely fitted therein, and prevented from comingout by having the upper' ends headed down in a countersiuk of the hole, as shown in said Fig. 2. The cuspidoris supported upon the casters and moved about thereon from place to place. This feature of the cuspidor, however, is not new, as casters have long been in use for that purpose. The said ring is secured to the bowl ot' the cnspidor by being fitted to the inside of the flange 11, above alluded to, and in contact with the bottom G, forming an annular support to the bottom in its connection with the bowl, thereby rendering its union therewith strong and permanent.

The lower edge ofthe flange is rolled under the edge of the rin g and turned upward around upon the inside, making a smooth rounded edge, and firmly securing the ring within the iiange and in contact with the bottom G,thereby making the. base of the cuspidor neat am substantial.

The ring, being of cast metal and of considerable thickness, prevents the sheet metal of the flange from becoming bruised and indented by being pushed or kicked by the feet and at the saine time gives an efficient hold for the casters.

Instead of attaching the ring to the bowl in the manner above described, it may be secured thereto by forming a collar on the upper edge of the ring, and providing the collar with'an annular groove, iu which is rolled or spun the edge of the flange. flange should be made narrower than when In this event the IOO spun wholly over the ring, as above described. It is preferred. however, to secure thc ring to the bowl as first set forth and shown in the drawings.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to sccnre by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the bowl of a sheetmetal cuspidor7 a cast-metal base, C, consisting of a ring; fitted within the lower part or flange of the bowl, and secured in place by the edge of the flange, and provided with perforated radial ears adapted to receive the Shanks 0f the casters on which the cuspidor is supported, substantially as described, and forthe purpose specified.

JOSE PH WELF.

\Vitnesses:

J. H. BURRIDGE, A. L. CHAMPION. 

